my adventures in the kitchen (with a bit of life in general thrown in)

The original recipe (from delicious magazine) is for 4 people, so I halved it. I only put in about 3/4 of a teaspoon of harissa paste, and could have done with more – it was spicy, but could have withstood more heat. Other than that, I followed the recipe fairly exactly, with the exception of the couscous, which totally failed! I used giant couscous as it was all I had on hand, and it turned out sticky, pasty, and generally looked horrible. At the last minute I improvised used brown wholegrain rice mixed in with the chickpeas which I think worked just as well.

While this dish did not ‘blow me away’ we both enjoyed it and it’s definitely something I would make again.

I didn’t see this post before.. Interesting how different ours look. The giant coucous almost looks like risotto, I really enjoyed the wholewheat couscous. I had leftovers for lunch a few days, really satisfying!!